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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2933 

To impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and to establish a commission to 

review large agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery 

retail mergers, concentration, and market power. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2019 

Mr. POCAN (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

RYAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 

addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and 

beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and 

to establish a commission to review large agriculture, 

food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail 

mergers, concentration, and market power. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food and Agribusiness 

5 Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Concentration in the food and agricultural 

4 economy, including mergers, acquisitions, and other 

5 combinations and alliances among suppliers, pack6 ers, integrators, other food processors, distributors, 

7 and retailers has been accelerating at a rapid pace 

8 since the 1980s, and particularly since the 2007 

9 through 2009 recession. 

10 (2) The trend toward greater concentration in 

11 food and agriculture has important and far-reaching 

12 implications not only for family farmers, but also for 

13 food chain workers, the food we eat, the commu14 nities we live in, and the integrity of the natural en15 vironment upon which we all depend. 

16 (3) In the past three decades, the top 4 largest 

17 pork packers have seized control of 71 percent of the 

18 market, up from 36 percent. Over the same period, 

19 the top 4 beef packers have expanded their market 

20 share from 32 percent to 85 percent. The top 4 flour 

21 millers have increased their market share from 40 

22 percent to 64 percent. The market share of the top 

23 4 soybean crushers has jumped from 54 percent to 

24 79 percent, and the top 4 wet corn processors con25 trol of the market has increased from 63 percent to 

26 86 percent. 


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1 (4) Today the top 4 sheep, poultry, and fluid 

2 milk processors now control 57 percent, 53 percent, 

3 and 50 percent of the market, respectively. 

4 (5) The top 4 grain companies today control as 

5 much as 90 percent of the global grain trade. 

6 (6) During the past 2 years there has been a 

7 wave of consolidation among global seed and cropchemical firms, 3 companies now control nearly 2 8 ⁄3

9 of the world’s commodity crop seeds. Those same 3 

10 companies now also control nearly 70 percent of all 

11 agricultural chemicals and pesticides. 

12 (7) In the United States, the 4 largest corn 

13 seed sellers accounted for 85 percent of the market 

14 in 2015, up from 60 percent in 2000. Over the past 

15 20 years, the cost for an acre’s worth of seeds for 

16 an average corn farmer has nearly quadrupled, and 

17 the cost of fertilizer has more than doubled. Yet 

18 corn yields increased only 36 percent over that time, 

19 and the price received for the sale of a bushel of 

20 corn increased only 31 percent. 

21 (8) A handful of firms dominate the processing 

22 of every major commodity. Many of them are 

23 vertically integrated, which means that they control 

24 successive stages of the food chain, from inputs to 

25 production to distribution. The growing number and 


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1 scale of cross-border agribusiness and food mergers 

2 have put foreign firms, often with considerable gov3 ernment backing, into prominent and even dominant 

4 positions in the United States beef, hog, poultry, 

5 seed, fertilizer, and agrichemical sectors. 

6 (9) Growing concentration of the agricultural 

7 sector has restricted choices for farmers trying to 

8 sell their products. As the bargaining power of agri9 business firms over farmers increases, concentrated 

10 agricultural commodity markets are stacked against 

11 the farmer, with buyers of agricultural commodities 

12 often possessing regional dominance in the form of 

13 oligopsony or monopsony relative to sellers of such 

14 commodities. 

15 (10) The high concentration and consolidation 

16 of buyers in agricultural markets has resulted in the 

17 thinning of both cash and futures markets, thereby 

18 allowing dominant buyers to leverage their market 

19 shares to move those markets to the detriment of 

20 family farmers and ranchers. 

21 (11) Buyers with oligopsonistic or 

22 monopsonistic power have incentives to engage in 

23 unfair and discriminatory acts that cause farmers to 

24 receive less than a competitive price for their goods. 

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1 rectly required a plaintiff to show harm to competi2 tion generally, in addition to harm to the individual 

3 farmer, when making a determination that an un4 fair, unjustly discriminatory, deceptive, or pref5 erential act exists under the Packers and Stockyards 

6 Act of 1921. 

7 (12) The farmer’s share of every retail dollar 

8 has plummeted from 41 percent in 1950, to less 

9 than 15 percent today, while the profit share for 

10 farm input, marketing, and processing companies 

11 has risen. 

12 (13) While agribusiness conglomerates are post13 ing record earnings, farmers are facing desperate 

14 times. Since 2013, net farm income for United 

15 States farmers has fallen by more than half and me16 dian on-farm income was negative in 2017 and in 

17 2018 and is expected to be negative again in 2019. 

18 (14) The benefits of low commodity prices are 

19 not being passed on to American consumers. The 

20 gap between what shoppers pay for food and what 

21 farmers are paid is growing wider. 

22 (15) The steadily rising price of food has out23 paced growth in incomes for typical workers. Since 

24 the Great Recession, the annual growth of real 


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1 prices for food at the supermarket have risen nearly 

2 3 times faster than typical earnings. 

3 (16) There is growing consensus that economic 

4 consolidation contributes to the widening gap in eco5 nomic opportunity in the United States and bigger, 

6 more dominant firms are more likely to deliver prof7 its to investors than to raise wages or benefits. 

8 Mega-mergers in the food and agribusiness indus9 tries can lead to growing monopsony power abuse re10 sulting in wage suppression, along with massive lay11 offs as companies shutter factories and facilities, 

12 harming working families and communities. 

13 (17) Concentration, low prices, anticompetitive 

14 practices, and other manipulations and abuses of the 

15 agricultural economy are driving small family farm16 ers out of business. Farmers are going bankrupt or 

17 giving up, and few are taking their places; more 

18 farm families are having to rely on other jobs to stay 

19 afloat. Eighty-three percent of farm household in20 come is expected to come from off-farm work this 

21 year, up from 53 percent in 1960. 

22 (18) Eighty-one percent of America’s farmed 

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1 tinue to increase unless and until these trends are 

2 reversed. 

3 (19) The decline of small family farms under4 mines the economies of rural communities across 

5 America; it has pushed Main Street businesses, from 

6 equipment suppliers to small banks, out of business 

7 or to the brink of insolvency. 

8 (20) Increased concentration in the agribusiness 

9 sector has a harmful effect on the environment; cor10 porate hog farming, for example, threatens the in11 tegrity of local water supplies and creates noxious 

12 odors in neighboring communities. Concentration 

13 also can increase the risks to food safety and limit 

14 the biodiversity of plants and animals. 

15 (21) The decline of family farming poses a di16 rect threat to American families and family values, 

17 by subjecting farm families to turmoil and stress. 

18 Farm advocates across the country are reporting an 

19 increase in farmer suicides over the past several 

20 years. 

21 (22) The decline of family farming causes the 

22 demise of rural communities, as stores lose cus23 tomers, churches lose congregations, schools and 

24 clinics become under-used, career opportunities for 


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1 young people dry up, and local inequalities of wealth 

2 and income grow wider. 

3 (23) These developments are not the result of 

4 inevitable market forces. Its problems arise rather 

5 from policies made in Washington, including farm, 

6 antitrust, and trade policies. 

7 (24) Past congressional action to remediate 

8 market failure, such as enacting country-of-origin la9 beling to provide transparency for domestic farmers, 

10 ranchers, and consumers regarding agricultural com11 modity origins, have been overturned for key com12 modities by oligopolistic conglomerates that use un13 differentiated imports to reduce domestic farm 

14 prices. 

15 (25) To restore competition in the agricultural 

16 economy, and to increase the bargaining power and 

17 enhance economic prospects for family farmers, the 

18 trend toward concentration must be reversed. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) AGRICULTURAL INPUT SUPPLIER.—The 

22 term ‘‘agricultural input supplier’’ means any person 

23 (excluding agricultural cooperatives) engaged in the 

24 business of selling, in interstate or foreign com25 merce, any product to be used as an input (including 


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1 seed, germ plasm, hormones, antibiotics, fertilizer, 

2 and chemicals, but excluding farm machinery) for 

3 the production of any agricultural commodity, except 

4 that no person shall be considered an agricultural 

5 input supplier if sales of such products are for a 

6 value less than $10,000,000 per year. 

7 (2) BROKER.—The term ‘‘broker’’ means any 

8 person engaged in the business of negotiating sales 

9 and purchases of any agricultural commodity in 

10 interstate or foreign commerce for or on behalf of 

11 the vendor or the purchaser, except that no person 

12 shall be considered a broker if the only sales of such 

13 commodities are for a value less than $10,000,000 

14 per year. 

15 (3) COMMISSION MERCHANT.—The term ‘‘com16 mission merchant’’ means any person engaged in the 

17 business of receiving in interstate or foreign com18 merce any agricultural commodity for sale, on com19 mission, or for or on behalf of another, except that 

20 no person shall be considered a commission mer21 chant if the only sales of such commodities are for 

22 a value less than $10,000,000 per year. 

23 (4) DEALER.—The term ‘‘dealer’’ means any 

24 person (excluding agricultural cooperatives) engaged 

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1 cultural commodities in interstate or foreign com2 merce, except that— 

3 (A) no person shall be considered a dealer 

4 with respect to sales or marketing of any agri5 cultural commodity of that person’s own rais6 ing; and 

7 (B) no person shall be considered a dealer 

8 if the only sales of such commodities are for a 

9 value less than $10,000,000 per year. 

10 (5) INTEGRATOR.—The term ‘‘integrator’’ 

11 means an entity that contracts with farmers for 

12 grower services to raise chickens or hogs to slaugh13 ter size and weight. The integrator owns the chick14 ens or hogs, supplies the feed, slaughters, and fur15 ther processes the poultry or pork. 

16 (6) PROCESSOR.—The term ‘‘processor’’ means 

17 any person (excluding agricultural cooperatives) en18 gaged in the business of handling, preparing, or 

19 manufacturing (including slaughtering and food and 

20 beverage manufacturing) of an agricultural com21 modity, or the products of such agricultural com22 modity, for sale or marketing for human consump23 tion, except that no person shall be considered a 

24 processor if the only sales of such products are for 

25 a value less than $10,000,000 per year. 


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1 (7) RETAILER.—The term ‘‘retailer’’ means any 

2 person (excluding agricultural cooperatives, coopera3 tive retailers, and cooperative distributers) licensed 

4 as a retailer under the Perishable Agriculture Com5 modities Act of 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499a(b)), except 

6 that no person shall be considered a retailer if the 

7 only sales of such products are for a value less than 

8 $10,000,000 per year. 

9 TITLE I—MORATORIUM ON 

10 LARGE AGRIBUSINESS, FOOD 

11 AND BEVERAGE MANUFAC12 TURING, AND GROCERY RE13 TAIL MERGERS 

14 SEC. 101. MORATORIUM ON LARGE AGRIBUSINESS, FOOD 

15 AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING, AND GRO16 CERY RETAIL MERGERS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

18 (1) MORATORIUM.—Until the date referred to 

19 in paragraph (2) and except as provided in sub20 section (b)— 

21 (A) no dealer, processor, commission mer22 chant, agricultural input supplier, broker, or 

23 operator of a warehouse of agricultural com24 modities or retailer with annual net sales or 

25 total assets of more than $160,000,000 shall 


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1 merge or acquire, directly or indirectly, any vot2 ing securities or assets of any other dealer, 

3 processor, commission merchant, agricultural 

4 input supplier, broker, or operator of a ware5 house of agricultural commodities or retailer 

6 with annual net sales or total assets of more 

7 than $16,000,000; and 

8 (B) no dealer, processor, commission mer9 chant, agricultural input supplier, broker, or 

10 operator of a warehouse of agricultural com11 modities or retailer with annual net sales or 

12 total assets of more than $16,000,000 shall 

13 merge or acquire, directly or indirectly, any vot14 ing securities or assets of any other dealer, 

15 processor, commission merchant, agricultural 

16 input supplier, broker, or operator of a ware17 house of agricultural commodities or retailer 

18 with annual net sales or total assets of more 

19 than $160,000,000 if the acquiring person 

20 would hold— 

21 (i) 15 percent or more of the voting 

22 securities or assets of the acquired person; 

23 or 


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1 (ii) an aggregate total amount of the 

2 voting securities and assets of the acquired 

3 person in excess of $15,000,000. 

4 (2) DATE.—The date referred to in this para5 graph is the effective date of comprehensive legisla6 tion— 

7 (A) addressing the problem of market con8 centration in the food and agricultural sector; 

9 and 

10 (B) containing a section stating that the 

11 legislation is comprehensive legislation as pro12 vided in section 101 of the Food and Agri13 business Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Re14 view Act of 2019. 

15 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General 

16 shall have authority to waive the moratorium imposed by 

17 subsection (a) only under extraordinary circumstances, 

18 such as insolvency or similar financial distress of one of 

19 the affected parties. 

20 (c) EXEMPTIONS.—The classes of transactions de21 scribed in section 7A(c) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 

22 18a(c)) are exempt from subsection (a). 

23 (d) AVOIDANCE.—Any transaction or other device en24 tered into or employed for the purpose of avoiding the 

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1 regarded, and the application of the moratorium shall be 

2 determined by applying subsection (a) to the substance of 

3 the transaction. 

4 (e) RULEMAKING.—The Attorney General shall pro5 mulgate regulations that the Attorney General determines 

6 are necessary to implement this section. 

7 TITLE II—AGRICULTURE CON8 CENTRATION AND MARKET 

9 POWER REVIEW COMMISSION 

10 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com12 mission to be known as the Food and Agriculture Con13 centration and Market Power Review Commission (here14 after in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

15 (b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the Commission is 

16 to— 

17 (1) study the nature and consequences of con18 centration in America’s food and agricultural econ19 omy; and 

20 (2) make recommendations on how to change 

21 underlying antitrust laws and other Federal laws 

22 and regulations to keep a fair and competitive agri23 culture marketplace for family farmers, other small 

24 and medium-sized agriculture producers, generally, 

25 and the communities of which they are a part. 


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1 (c) MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.— 

2 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

3 composed of 12 members as follows: 

4 (A) Three persons, 1 of whom shall be a 

5 person currently engaged in farming or ranch6 ing, shall be appointed by the President pro 

7 tempore of the Senate upon the recommenda8 tion of the majority leader of the Senate, after 

9 consultation with the Chairs of the Committee 

10 on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and of 

11 the Committee on the Judiciary. 

12 (B) Three persons, 1 of whom shall be a 

13 person currently engaged in farming or ranch14 ing, shall be appointed by the President pro 

15 tempore of the Senate upon the recommenda16 tion of the minority leader of the Senate, after 

17 consultation with the ranking minority member 

18 of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

19 and Forestry and of the Committee on the Ju20 diciary. 

21 (C) Three persons, 1 of whom shall be a 

22 person currently engaged in farming or ranch23 ing and 1 of whom shall be a representative of 

24 organized labor, shall be appointed by the 

25 Speaker of the House of Representatives, after 


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1 consultation with the Chairs of the Committee 

2 on Agriculture and of the Committee on the Ju3 diciary. 

4 (D) Three persons, 1 of whom shall be a 

5 person currently engaged in farming or ranch6 ing, shall be appointed by the minority leader of 

7 the House of Representatives, after consultation 

8 with the ranking minority member of the Com9 mittee on Agriculture and of the Committee on 

10 the Judiciary. 

11 (2) QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.— 

12 (A) APPOINTMENTS.—Persons who are ap13 pointed under paragraph (1) shall be persons 

14 who— 

15 (i) have experience in farming or 

16 ranching, expertise in agricultural econom17 ics and antitrust, or have other pertinent 

18 qualifications or experience relating to food 

19 and agriculture industries; and 

20 (ii) are not officers or employees of 

21 the United States. 

22 (B) OTHER CONSIDERATION.—In appoint23 ing Commission members, every effort shall be 

24 made to ensure that the members— 


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1 (i) are representative of a broad cross 

2 sector of agriculture and antitrust perspec3 tives within the United States; and 

4 (ii) provide fresh insights to analyzing 

5 the causes and impacts of concentration in 

6 agriculture industries and sectors. 

7 (d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Members shall be appointed 

9 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

10 of this Act and the appointment shall be for the life 

11 of the Commission. 

12 (2) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis13 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in 

14 the same manner as the original appointment. 

15 (e) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after 

16 the date on which all members of the Commission have 

17 been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet18 ing. 

19 (f) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

20 call of the Chairperson. 

21 (g) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The 

22 members of the Commission shall elect a chairperson and 

23 vice chairperson from among the members of the Commis24 sion. 


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1 (h) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

2 Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

3 of business. 

4 (i) VOTING.—Each member of the Commission shall 

5 be entitled to 1 vote, which shall be equal to the vote of 

6 every other member of the Commission. 

7 SEC. 202. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be respon9 sible for examining the nature, the causes, and con10 sequences of concentration in America’s agricultural econ11 omy in the broadest possible terms. 

12 (b) ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED.—The study shall in13 clude an examination of the following matters: 

14 (1) The nature and extent of concentration in 

15 the food and agricultural sector, including food pro16 duction, manufacturing, transportation, processing, 

17 distribution, marketing, retailing, and farm inputs 

18 such as machinery, fertilizer, and seeds. 

19 (2) Current trends in concentration of the food 

20 and agricultural sector and what this sector is likely 

21 to look like in the near and longer term future. 

22 (3) The effects of rising concentration on sup23 pliers, workers and farmers, including independent 

24 and contract farmers, with respect to— 


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1 (A) competition in markets for their prod2 ucts and services; 

3 (B) income and benefit levels; 

4 (C) income distribution; 

5 (D) income volatility; 

6 (E) other material benefits; and 

7 (F) wages and benefits of employees. 

8 (4) The impacts of this concentration upon 

9 rural communities, rural economic development, and 

10 the natural environment. 

11 (5) The impacts of concentration in the seed in12 dustry on genetic diversity in farm fields and any re13 lated impacts on food security. 

14 (6) The impacts of this concentration upon food 

15 shoppers, including the reasons that low farm prices 

16 have not resulted in corresponding drops in super17 market prices. 

18 (7) Whether farming is approaching a scale 

19 that is larger than necessary from the standpoint of 

20 productivity. 

21 (8) The effect of current laws and administra22 tive practices in supporting and encouraging this 

23 concentration. 

24 (9) Whether the existing antitrust laws provide 

25 adequate safeguards against, and remedies for, the 


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1 impacts of concentration upon family farms, the 

2 communities they comprise, and the food shoppers of 

3 this Nation. 

4 (10) Accurate and reliable data on the national 

5 and international markets shares of multinational 

6 agribusinesses, and the portion of their sales attrib7 utable to exports. 

8 (11) Barriers that inhibit entry of new competi9 tors into markets for the processing of agricultural 

10 commodities, such as the meat packing industry. 

11 (12) The extent to which developments, such as 

12 packer ownership of livestock, formula pricing, mar13 keting agreements, production contracting, forward 

14 contracting, and vertical integration tend to give 

15 processors, agribusinesses, integrators, and other 

16 buyers of agricultural commodities additional market 

17 power over farmers and suppliers in local markets. 

18 (13) The extent to which mergers cause wage 

19 suppression, layoffs, or reduced benefits to workers 

20 in the food and agricultural sector. 

21 (14) Such related matters as the Commission 

22 determines to be important. 

23 SEC. 203. FINAL REPORT. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 

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1 Commission shall submit to the President and Congress 

2 a final report which contains— 

3 (1) the findings and conclusions of the Commis4 sion described in section 202; and 

5 (2) recommendations for addressing the prob6 lems identified as part of the Commission’s analysis. 

7 (b) SEPARATE VIEWS.—Any member of the Commis8 sion may submit additional findings and recommendations 

9 as part of the final report. 

10 SEC. 204. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 

11 (a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold such 

12 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 

13 testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission 

14 may find advisable to fulfill the requirements of this title. 

15 The Commission shall hold at least 1 or more hearings 

16 in Washington, DC, and 4 in different agriculture regions 

17 of the United States. 

18 (b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 

19 Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart20 ment or agency such information as the Commission con21 siders necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. 

22 Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the 

23 head of such department or agency shall furnish such in24 formation to the Commission. 


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1 (c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 

2 the United States mails in the same manner and under 

3 the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 

4 the Federal Government. 

5 SEC. 205. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

6 (a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each member of 

7 the Commission shall be compensated at a rate equal to 

8 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay pre9 scribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec10 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (in11 cluding travel time) during which such member is engaged 

12 in the performance of the duties of the Commission. 

13 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com14 mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 

15 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ16 ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

17 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 

18 regular places of business in the performance of services 

19 for the Commission. 

20 (c) STAFF.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the 

22 Commission may, without regard to the civil service 

23 laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an exec24 utive director and such other additional personnel as 

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1 form its duties. The employment of an executive di2 rector shall be subject to confirmation by the Com3 mission. 

4 (2) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson of the 

5 Commission may fix the compensation of the execu6 tive director and other personnel without regard to 

7 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 

8 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating 

9 to classification of positions and General Schedule 

10 pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the execu11 tive director and other personnel may not exceed the 

12 rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 

13 under section 5316 of such title. 

14 (d) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 

15 Federal Government employee shall be detailed to the 

16 Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 

17 be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 

18 privilege. 

19 (e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT20 TENT SERVICES.—The Chairperson of the Commission 

21 may procure temporary and intermittent services under 

22 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 

23 for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent 

24 of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of 

25 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 


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1 SEC. 206. SUPPORT SERVICES. 

2 The Administrator of the General Services Adminis3 tration shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable 

4 basis such administrative support services as the Commis5 sion may request. 

6 SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 

8 to the Commission as required by this title to carry out 

9 the provisions of this title. 

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